Problem Description:
When you run WIN_PING from Ansible tower against Windows server, you get the error certificate verify failed or max retries exceeded.
![Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman](https://www.servertrouble.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-2.png)
It happens because the Windows WINRM certificate is not trusted by Ansible/Python.
Solution:
Please add a line “ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation: ignore” to your inventory file.
![Max retries exceeded with url: /wsman](https://www.servertrouble.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-1.png)
Save your file and now run win_ping module again.
![](https://www.servertrouble.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-2.png)